BeginAgain Animal Parade A to Z Puzzle and Playset - Educational Wooden Alphabet Puzzle - 2 and Up

I am a Pre-K teacher for 4 & 5 year olds, and they LOVE this puzzle! It’s challenging, yet really fun and the pieces fit nicely together. It’s been a really great addition to my classroom.

My niece is only 2 1/2, but I gave her the 1-10 numbered snail for her 2nd birthday, and she figured that out quickly. She loves this one, and although she knows her ABCs, she is still working on figuring out how to put this together. She doesnt quite get that lower case and upper case make a difference. It actually is a challenging puzzle to put together anyway, even with a picture to look at. Overall, I think shell get a few good years of use out of this. I just wish it had a lid for the box.

Like others have said, the alligator tail tip was broken off on arrival. As well, the back of the package has a picture to show how to assemble it (which it needs since the pieces are all differently misshapen). However, the photo is mirror image, so that the left side shows the zebra. I think the Japanese language is read right to left, but English is read left to right. I returned it, and not reordering. I thought it would be worth thirty-five dollars, but definitely not.

I have a 3 year old grandson who can do this puzzle like so fast we love it.

Nice puzzle for one who is interested to space

My grandson loves this puzzle and we lost the b in transit. The company very quickly sent us a replacement! My grandson is so happy now!!! Adorable puzzle.

This is a great puzzle. It is not easy. It takes work for my 3 year old to do it. Heck, it even took me a minute the first time it got dumped and I had to put it back together. But, each time we do it, it is a 20 minute event. We talk about each animal and the letter, plus she works at getting it to go together. It is very well-made, too. I also love how it has capital letters on one side and lower case letters on the other. The only thing that drives me nuts is that as you go through the puzzle, A touches B, B touches C, C touches D...all the way until you get to X. X doesnt touch Y, but then Y touches Z. I wish they would have just kept the them of each subsequent letter touching the next through the entire alphabet. Not a big deal - just small annoyance. Some people have also noted that some of the shapes of the animals are weird. Yes, thats true, but my 3 year old doesnt complain about it, so neither do I!

This puzzle has great reviews, but after reading them it was hard to tell what age was appropriate for this puzzle as the box says 5+. On a whim I got it for my 3.5-year old for Christmas, and he really liked it immediately. Not only did he unwrap it and immediately want to do it, but he didnt really need much help either. He sings the ABC song as he does it to see which letter is next. About a week later he understood that there are upper and lower case sides, but is having fun with just the caps for now. Of course I think hes smart for his age, and he has been in preschool for awhile, but I think some younger girls and similar age boys would have no trouble. Also, it is a great wooden puzzle. I think the size is substantial and the pieces are very well made and not so tiny that they would get lost easily. It met all of my expectations regarding quality.

My 2 year old perfected this by 25 months. Bought him it for his 2 year birthday because he loves puzzles. Keeps him busy. Hell complete this over and over 5 times before bed. Keeps him occupied for me to get dishes done. Sturdy. Great quality.

Very high quality puzzle. It’s big (almost the length of my arm) and the pieces are smooth wood (no splintering). They’re sturdy and big enough that they can be played with individually almost like small blocks. I will say that it’s not obvious how they fit together. My 4 year old cant do this by himself. And there’s no picture printed on the tray so SAVE the packaging!